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If You Can Twitch a Finger Then You Can Write

At least that’s the mentality that we’re working with here.  This week was a head spinner only because everything is in the air.  My wife is job hunting again, so we can’t plan anything in advance.  We have ideas of … Continue reading

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Eve of Absence: School is Almost Out

First, I feel like I should mention something even vaguely.  This might sound like a rerun, but things kind of fell apart a little over 2 weeks ago.  The wife is back to being unemployed for reasons I can’t go … Continue reading

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Questions 3: Nobody Likes Being Sick

So, I’m tending to a kid with strep right now.  Lots of kid movies and pampering, which has me thinking about being sick in a story.  It doesn’t come up too often unless it’s a central part of the story. … Continue reading

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7 Signs You’re an Author and Parent

First, I tried to find ‘Parenthood Memes’ and I got a lot of stuff that I don’t want to talk about here.  Just think about that first word and you might figure out the terrifying, unfunny stuff I found.  This … Continue reading

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August? Already?

I stand by the confusion in the title.  It feels like this year is one being chaotic marathon that somebody left on fast forward.  I’m sitting here trying to remember what happened every month, but only a few have memories.  … Continue reading

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How To Help Your Stay At Home Spouse?

You know, there’s a lot of memes and pictures out there for stay-at-home mothers and not much for stay-at-home dads.  This movie came up a lot, but I guess that’s how it works.  It would explain all the times I … Continue reading

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TMNT and a Three-Year-Old

I may have had TMNT on when sorting laundry and my son came in to see ‘The Tuttles’.  I tried to change to a tamer cartoon since he’s three, but he kept yelling about wanting to know what happened to … Continue reading

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Steps to Giving Your Toddler His Morning Vitamin

After a 6 hour battle over getting the toddler to take his vitamin, I’ve decided to give the play-by-play for such an event. Get vitamin. Get toddler. Politely offer vitamin. Retrieve vitamin from the floor. Demand ingestion of vitamin in … Continue reading

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